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RP & SE 135

DISABILITY AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

3 credits.

Explores the interaction between the criminal justice system and disability. Explores common experiences of persons with disability such as limited access to community services, poverty, and homelessness and the connection of these experiences to mass incarceration. Explores federal disability rights laws and the implementation of these laws in education, legal, and incarceration settings. Introduction to criminal justice reform to address the experiences of persons with disabilities in this system.

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Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the causes for over-incarceration of people with disabilities in the United States Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the federal and state polices related to the incarceration and community monitoring of persons with disabilities who have been involved in the criminal justice system Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate knowledge of roles and functions that rehabilitation professionals fill within the criminal justice system Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate knowledge of treatment programming for individuals with disabilities who are incarcerated and the efficacy of different interventions in increasing community re-integration Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate knowledge of community supports for individuals with disabilities subsequent to their release from institutional care Audience: Undergraduate 6. Develop an awareness of the ethical standards of professional practice that rehabilitation professionals working with individuals with disabilities within the legal system Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the causes for over-incarceration of people with disabilities in the United States Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the federal and state polices related to the incarceration and community monitoring of persons with disabilities who have been involved in the criminal justice system Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate knowledge of roles and functions that rehabilitation professionals fill within the criminal justice system Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate knowledge of treatment programming for individuals with disabilities who are incarcerated and the efficacy of different interventions in increasing community re-integration Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate knowledge of community supports for individuals with disabilities subsequent to their release from institutional care Audience: Undergraduate 6. Develop an awareness of the ethical standards of professional practice that rehabilitation professionals working with individuals with disabilities within the legal system Audience: Undergraduate

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